Qatan is a location in Saudi Arabia. The

Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah ( ar, ابن أسد بن خزيمة ) is an Arab tribe. They are Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes. They are widely respected by many Arab tribes, respected by Shia Muslims because they have burie ...

tribe (not to be confused with the

Banu Asad Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah ( ar, ابن أسد بن خزيمة ) is an Arab tribe. They are Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes. They are widely respected by many Arab tribes, respected by Shia Muslims because they have buri ...

tribe), were the residents of Qatan, in the vicinity of

Fayd Fayd or Fa'idah is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search) Accessed 13 May 2011. The Expedition of Qatan was ordered by Muhammad and took place here.Mubarakpuri ...

, they were a powerful tribe connected with the Quraysh. They resided near the hill of Qatan in Nejd. Muhammad, purportedly, received intelligence reports that they were planning a raid on Medina so he attacked them in the

Expedition of Qatan The Expedition of Qatan, was the first Raid on the Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah tribe, which occurred directly after the Battle of Hamra al-Asad in the year 4 A.H of the Islamic calendar.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, Eng ...

. He dispatched a force of 150 men under the leadership of

Abu Salama `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Asad Abū Salamah ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad ( ar, أَبُو سَلَمَة عَبْد ٱلله ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْأَسَد ) was one of the Companians of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also a cousin and a foster-brother of Muhamm ...

to make a sudden attack on this tribe. On the first day of

Muharram Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after ...

.Mubarakpuri, The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet , p. 349.Ibn Sa’d, vol.ii, p. 150 Places Tribes

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